Fall 2012 Newsletter - Lenox Hill Neighborhood House

IN THE COMMUNITYChildren Present Autumn Preview Fashion ShowSeven students in our RealArts AfterschoolProgram presented the Autumn Preview FashionShow, showcasing the capes they created as partof their “Become a Fashion Designer” class. To createtheir capes, each student picked her fabric and trimand created a “patternless pattern.” Each young designerlearned to pin, cut, fit, sew with a Singer sewing machineand hand-stitch, and then added her own unique creativetouches. The class was taught by twin sisters, artistLouise Masano and designer Andrea Masano.Sunny and Abe Rosenberg Foundation SupportsChild Abuse and Maltreatment Prevention andIntervention ProjectThe Neighborhood House received a fourth year grant of $25,000 from the Sunny and Abe RosenbergFoundation to support our Child Abuse and Maltreatment Prevention and Intervention Project, asignificant resource for some of the low-income children in our Early Childhood Center who are at riskof abuse or maltreatment. Thanks to this fantastic support, our interdisciplinary team is able to help families withindividual support and to expand our parenting groups using a strengths-based model that helps parents exploreand address their own experiences with abuse in a safe and supportive environment.Members of Senior Center at Saint Peter’s ChurchPresent Original PerformanceOn June 15 and 16, members of our SeniorCenter at Saint Peter’s Church presented“Seniors and the City: Stories of Our New York,”which members created and performed with help fromcommunity arts engagement program Seniors Partneringwith Artists Citywide (SPARC). Members used song,dance, comedy and oral history to revisit old New Yorkestablishments and share personal stories of love, workand their ties to the Big Apple.10 • FALL 2012 • CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/LENOXHILLNEIGHBORHOODHOUSE